Hi Chris and the group, what bands does it cover? Also, I posted this a
while back there is a repeater in the Detroit area that uses APCO-25
digital modulation. When will there be an HT out there that will
transmit/receive in that mode?
On Sun, 21 Oct 2007, Chris Schulte wrote:
> The Icom ICV82 worksrather well for blind people, I know because I have one
> and use it, it's relatively simular to the 202 as far as programming if you
> don't get the d-star board for it.
> 73,
> Chris, w8cjs
> Web site,
> www.w8cjs.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 10:10 PM
> Subject: Re: easy ht to use
>
>
> > Hi, I was going to suggest the Kenwood, and it is a nice radio, but it
> > still is and was a lot of money, and of course Radio Shack no longer makes
> > HTs, so if it worked fine before the battery became toast I would suggest
> > getting a new battery pack fo it.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 21 Oct 2007, Tracy Son wrote:
> >
> >> Hello Listers.
> >> My old radioshack ht202 battery pack went south and will not charge any
> >> more
> >> so in the garbage the battery went.
> >> The radio is so old I hate to get another pack for it and then have the
> >> radio stop working 4 months later.
> >> What is a good easy 2 meater or dool bander radio that is user friendly.
> >> I thought about the kenwood tryband ht but it's to much money to pay for
> >> an
> >> ht.
> >> Thank you.
> >> Tracy Son.
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 20:31
> >> Subject: Re: ic7000
> >>
> >>
> >> > I'm coming to think I'm very lucky. I'm in a residential area and no
> >> > one's
> >> > ever home and I have berry little noise around here. It is more now
> >> > than
> >> > it
> >> > used to be but it's really pretty quiet around here. Not like on
> >> > vacation,
> >> > but nothing will ever be like that again for me I'm sure. It was a hole
> >> > street of summer places with a few year round places way down, my radio
> >> > was
> >> > so quiet there you'd think the RF gain was way down or something I
> >> > mean,
> >> > the
> >> > lightest hiss was about it but when there was a station in there, I
> >> > could
> >> > really pull them out easy. Not like that here, but from talking to
> >> > people,
> >> > I
> >> > am real lucky and I think most of that is the fact no one's ever around
> >> > out
> >> > here. I suppose I'd better enjoy it while it lasts.
> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> > Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 8:47 PM
> >> > Subject: Re: ic7000
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> Hi.
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm getting so many local noise sources around here that it doesn't
> >> >> really
> >> >> matter what I put on HF--I can't hear anything anyway. It seems like
> >> >> I
> >> >> am
> >> >> getting a lot of digital crud from home consumer devices in neighbor's
> >> >> houses. I sat up last night with the Sony ICF2010 and the HF
> >> >> listening
> >> >> was
> >> >> pretty bad.
> >> >>
> >> >> Unfortunately, the group I used to go out with for Field Day has
> >> >> folded
> >> >> up,
> >> >> so I don't really have much of a reason to maintain a "go" pack. II'm
> >> >> hashing over whether or not I want to keep the Icom 706 Mk IIg station
> >> >> or
> >> >> whether it is time to cash it in.
> >> >>
> >> >> 73, de Lou K2LKK
> >> >>
> >>
>
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